Scenery surrounding Ijen

Amazing Java

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April 29th 2009
After getting on the bus from Jakarta and heading to Bandung, there was never a dull moment. There is plenty to observe from what is going on out in the street to folks jumping on the bus for a couple of minutes to sell anything from longans, rambutans, dried fruit, chicken rice, peanuts, baseball caps, plastic handled scissors, newspapers, colouring books or just busking for one song before leap ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more